Senior Staff Technical Lead, Simulator Platform Horizontal Integrations

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Architect and lead complex, horizontal software integrations across the Waymo Simulator stack.
• Define long-term technical vision, system boundaries, and extensible interfaces that cleanly integrate onboard autonomy subsystems with offboard simulation and evaluation workflows.
• Drive multi-quarter, cross-organizational technical roadmaps and large-scale architectural migrations across simulation, evaluation, and onboard engineering teams.
• Partner closely with senior technical leaders across onboard, sim realism, vehicle platforms, and evaluation to align on end-to-end system design and fidelity requirements.
• Establish technical standards, integration frameworks, and validation methodologies that accelerate how new Waymo Driver capabilities and vehicle platforms are brought into simulation.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads across partner teams, elevating system architecture quality and driving cohesive cross-team execution.

Job requirements

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Math, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Extensive experience operating technical leadership level at an autonomous vehicle (AV) company, AV simulation company, robotics company, or a related complex simulation/autonomy domain.
• Proven track record of setting multi-year technical vision, driving multi-quarter roadmaps, and delivering complex horizontal software integrations across organizational boundaries.
• Deep expertise architecting large-scale, high-complexity simulation or autonomy systems, integrating onboard software stacks, ML models, and vehicle platforms into simulation.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical designs, trade-offs, and strategies to diverse stakeholders, including senior leadership, partner engineering, research, and product teams.
• Strong hands-on technical proficiency in C++ and large-scale software architecture, with demonstrated ability to establish collaboration structures across team boundaries.